The Heard Museum presents many lectures featuring some of the best experts in American Indian arts, cultures and history. Here's some of the outstanding programming scheduled for the 2010 season:
MOVIE MONDAY
Monday, February 1, 1:30 p.m.
Looking Toward Home (2003, 58 min) explores the effects of the off-reservation relocation policies in the 1950s and 1960s through stories of urban Indian life in New York, Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area.
MOVIE MONDAY
Monday, February 8, 1:30 p.m.
Allan Houser Haozous: The Lifetime Work of an American Master (1998, 52 min). The life history of the late Apache artist Allan Houser is showcased in this film, which features interviews with family members and shows Houser’s sketches, murals, paintings and sculpture.
MOVIE MONDAY
Monday, February 15, 1:30 p.m.
The Lemon Grove Incident (1985, 58 min). Focusing on one of the earliest school desegregation cases in U.S. history, this film examines the response of the Mexican American community in Lemon Grove, California, to a 1930 school board attempt to create a segregated school for the Mexican American children of the district.
GUILD MEETING
Wednesday, February 17, 9:30 a.m.
This month’s speaker is Greg Scott, third generation Arizonan, educator, musician and raconteur. FREE and open to the public.
HEARD GUILD PRESENTS ... LAURA TOHE
Tuesday, February 23, 1:30 p.m.
Hear as Laura Tohe, Dinè, discusses oral and written literature among Southwest indigenous writers and storytellers. Tohe, associate professor of English at Arizona State University, is an author and poet. FREE and open to the public.
MOVIE MONDAY
Monday, February 22, 1:30 p.m.
Turquoise Rose (2007, 94 min), is a coming-of-age story that follows a Native American college student named Turquoise Rose as she begrudgingly forgoes a trip to Europe with her friends to return to the Navajo Reservation and take care of her ailing grandmother. Through this experience, however, Turquoise comes to appreciate her Navajo heritage and ancestry.
MOVIE MONDAY
Monday, March 1, 1:30 p.m.
Mystery of Chaco Canyon (1999, 56 min). Narrated by Robert Redford, the film unveils the astronomical brilliance of an ancient people in the Southwest.
HEARD GUILD PRESENTS ... DEB SLANEY
Tuesday, March 2, 1:30 p.m.
Hear as author and curator Deb Slaney discusses noted trader C.G. Wallace, who became one of the most influential traders in the Southwest and a major collector of Southwestern American Indian jewelry and carvings. FREE and open to the public.
MOVIE MONDAY
Monday, March 8, 1:30 p.m.
Allan Houser Haozous: The Lifetime Work of an American Master (1998, 52 min). The life history of the late Apache artist Allan Houser is showcased, including his important paintings and sculpture.
Heard Guild Presents … Dr. Jennifer McClerran
Monday, March 15, 1:30 p.m.
Hear as Dr. Jennifer McClerran, curator of the Museum of Northern Arizona, speaks about the history of Navajo weaving. FREE and open to the public.
MOVIE MONDAY
Monday, March 15, 1:30 p.m.
American Cowboys (1998, 47 min) details the legendary rodeo careers of the first American Indian rodeo star, Jackson Sundown, Flathead/Nez Perce, and George Fletcher, an African-American man who grew up on the Umatilla reservation.
Guild Meeting
Wednesday, March 17, 9:30 a.m.
This month’s speaker is Heard Museum Life Trustee Wayne Mitchell, Dakota/Mandan. FREE and open to the public.
MOVIE MONDAY
Monday, March 22, 1:30 p.m.
Marks of the Ancestors: Indian Rock Art of Arizona (1994, 43 min). This documentary takes the viewer on a tour of various important rock art sites and presents the comments of both archaeologists and Indian communities in an effort to interpret the designs.
Simon Ortiz and Labriola Center Lecture on Indigenous Land, Culture and Community … Featuring Peterson Zah
Thursday, March 25, 6 p.m.
Peterson Zah, Dinè, former Navajo Nation president and currently special advisor on American Indian Affairs to ASU President Michael Crow, will speak about American Indian student issues.
MOVIE MONDAY
Monday, March 29, 1:30 p.m.
Los Mineros (1992, 57 min) recounts the 50-year story of Mexican-American miners in Arizona and their struggle for equal pay and fair working conditions between 1903 and 1947.
Check the calendars for all Heard Museum locations for more speakers and lectures.
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